Kung Fu Tea

Nice place. It’s located very close to the train and many other restaurants so I either get a drink then go eat or come here after eating for a dessert. It’s always packed every time I come here and the wait ranges 10−15mins. If you come late at night they sometimes run out of boba – I was lucky enough to be one of the last customers to get it before they do. The boba is sweet and chewy, it’s not like the other places were the boba isn’t cooked right, meaning that there’s usually a hard center.
This time I got the milk green tea with boba and less ice. I always ask for less ice because I feel at many places they fill so much of the cup with ice that you don’t get what you paid for.

Best bubble tea place I’ve been to in the Hartford area, which probably isn’t saying much. What’s probably more relevant is that this place is maybe on par with some of the Boston bubble tea shops. Also, my girlfriend and I used to go here for our bubble tea fixes when we used to live in the area.
Prices were on the expensive side, compared to NYC, but on par with Boston bubble tea prices.
The teas are quite good, but the milk is powdered though, which a friend who I took here wasn’t a fan of. My girlfriend and I have outgrown bubbles in general and have been subbing with herbal jelly, but I remember the bubbles were quite decent from when we first tried this place out a couple years ago.
The place is small and it’s west Hartford, so don’t expect crowds of people (you’ll probably be the only one in the store aside from staff). It doesn’t really seem to be a place for you to get a bubble tea and relax. More of a take out joint for bubble teas.
Overall, best bubble tea I’ve found in the area and will retain the four stars until a better place comes along. :p

I come here at least 2 times a week. They are very inconsistent. Sometimes it is perfect and sometimes it is a disappointment (not enough sugar or too floury). I use to always get the KF milk tea (sometimes with herbal jelly and pudding which is always on point) but that was when I had the disappointments. Recently I’ve been getting the Oreo milk tea and that has been much more consistent. The Oreo bits are fresh and it is just the perfect complement to the milk tea.
Sometimes the line at this location is crazy!

Always go here when I got a chance to go to Allston. Love the boba here! It is so soft with honey favor yumm! My all time favorite is taro milk tea with boba and pudding with half sugar (for all type of favor since they are all too sweet).

This is pretty solid boba tea. The Bona is nice and chewy with good flavor and consistency. The tea was good too with good flavor without tasting artificial or overly sweet. One star off for some higher prices than some comparable places I’ve been (moreso in the Bay Area) and a relative dearth of parking.

I got the winter melon milk green tea and it was very good! They have an instructional video of how they make their teas, so I think that was very helpful for those who want to know the process!

Not bad for a Boston bubble tea shop. The honey boba is very soft and my go to order is an original black milk tea.
Pro tip: Make sure during weekends you come at least 1.5 hrs before closing. Often times this Alston shop runs out of boba before it closes.

This is a pretty solid place for bubble tea. Personally, I like the green or black milk tea. A lot of the review here says that the tea is really sweet, which I will agree with. Don’t ever order it with the full amount of sugar. The tea can be customized with the amount of sugar, the types of toppings, and the levels of ice. Definitely take advantage of this!
If you are not in a rush to drink your milk tea, then always get it without ice because they always fill up your cup regardless of the amount of ice you get. You will get more for the price. Just go home and put it in the freezer for a few minutes then enjoy! If you want to drink it immediately, but still want more for your buck, then get it with less ice. I always come here after I am super full from dinner, so I will opt for no ice.
In order to get the sweetness level of the tea just right, I think you should keep in mind what types of toppings you are getting. Toppings like, nata jelly and bubbles are bathe in sweet syrup, so for these toppings I reccomend you get half sugar or little sugar depending on how sweet you like it to be. When they scoop those toppings into your cup, some of the syrup will come with it, so they will add to the sweetness. Other toppings, like herbal jelly are not in syrup so go with less sugar or even half sugar.
This place is pretty packed most of the time, but the customer service has always been pretty good. I’ve never had a problem.

I much prefer CoCo in NYC, but as it is not available in Boston, I go to other bubble tea places for my fix. Kung Fu Tea is one of them.
The drinks don’t taste as delicious as the NYC locations and are only okay. I love pudding so props to them for offering this.
The service is horrible. I’ve been to this location a few times and it literally takes about 20 – 30 minutes for me to get one drink. Tonight was no different. First off, the girl at the cash register was on the phone for a good 5 minutes. I am not quite sure for what, but if it is for delivery /​pick up, they should have someone else answer the call. This bottleneck held up the ordering process. I asked for a honey green tea with pudding but it took them 30 minutes to put this drink together because they needed to refill the pudding. 30 minutes to refill pudding? WTF.
Overall, I recommend that management hires more workers to create a better experience for the customers.
In the future, I’ll just go to Lollicup until they fix these issues.

At some point within the last 12 months, they changed the way they prepare drinks… for the worse. I thought it was a one time thing, but my friend told me they’d been changing her drink preparations, too.
Ever eat a whole bag of candy after Halloween as a kid and feel like cow dung after? Look no further, you can get that in a cup at KFT!
Drinks are now sugar bombs. That whole option of no sugar, less sugar, 50%, etc? Might as well not have it because no matter what you choose, their drinks — my beloved taro milk tea in particular — are now overly saturated. If you say no sugar, like I did, it’s gonna taste like full sugar sweetness (ohhh yea I used to drink full sugar drinks back in the day).
They’ve switched to an overly sweetened syrup AND add sugar to it. Gross. The first time I said something, the cashier made the drink herself and it was perfectly made — VERY LITTLE syrup was used. It still had taro flavor. The second time we went, the employee kept insisting to my friend that it was made properly and refused to change it. So I went up there and had it changed (after speaking with them for 2 minutes) and it was still overly sweetened. Hello tooth decay and diabetes!
Not coming back here anymore — they just don’t make em like they used to.

I was craving a red bean fleecy or «hong dau bing» in Cantonese. The only place that I could think of was coming here, and I was not disappointed.
I ordered a large match red bean slush and added boba. OMG, it was sheer heaven, totally satiating my cravings for red bean and a creamy, sugary tea drink. I reread my last review of this place before placing my order and was concerned about how sweet the drink would be. Since there was so much stuff in my drink and since I wanted something really sweet, I ordered the drink as is without altering the sugar content. It turned out just fine, and I would order it again as is.
Now, I’m addicted and looking for an excuse to return to Allston.

My favorite go to place for Milk tea that I’ve found locally! I don’t know if its the type of tea they use or what but I hope it never changes. The boba are sweetened and have a slightly chewy consistency that will keep wanting to take the next sip. I switch between the herbal jelly and boba but usually stick to boba unless they run out. They told me they only make boba up til a certain time and will serve it until it’s sold out.
Staff here is really friendly and gets customers in an out as quickly as possible. Weekends can be chaos with lines out the door but don’t be scared away or you’ll regret not waiting for some awesome drinks. There is public parking out back but I have been lucky enough to get out front parking the last couple visits.
I suggest experimenting with the sugar levels as I believe everything I’ve had with full 100% is too sweet.

Great drinks! Started in New York but glad they came up to boston. Delicious milk tea and though I’m not a fan of tapioca bubbles, their boba is actually pretty good, soft and chewy. I usually stick with milk tea but their green milk tea and mango slushy are delicious. Haven’t tried most of the other things on the menu but everything always looks good.
You can ask for less sugar and less ice according to your preference.
There’s usually a bit of a line but it moves quickly and they have a $ 5 credit card minimum.
Tl;dr — delicious drinks. Tapioca bubbles are better than most and milk tea is great.

Out of all the bubble tea places that I have been in Boston, Kung Fu Tea would be rated second, right behind Teado, for the following reasons: cost, taste, and variety.
Cost. I do not know why, but every time I go to KFT, I feel as if I am getting cheated of my money for the amount of bubble tea that I am receiving. I always get the large slush bubble tea without any toppings, and the total comes out to be a little over $ 5.00. I just feel like the cost is lower at Teado compared to KFT.
In addition, there is a minimum purchase amount for credit/​debit cards, which is $ 5.00. Hence, the reason I always order a large slush no matter what because I do not carry around any cash and the total is always $ 5.00.
Taste. I just feel like the taste is subpar compared to Teado in every aspect. There ARE some good flavors that are better or are exclusive to KFT, such as the matcha red bean slush, which is basically a green tea red bean slush. However, other drinks that I have tried are just terrible, such as the new drink of the summer, the strawberry lemonade green tea drink. I have no idea why they even came up with that or how.
Variety. The variety is good at KFT. There is a wide selection of choices. However, they do not have some of the popular flavors such as avocado smoothie and roasted milk tea. Teado has these flavors. Nonetheless, there is most likely a flavor here that is suitable to your tastebuds.
The go-​to drinks that I get here are the red bean slush and the taro slush. Can’t ever mess up on these drinks.
KFT is the second best in Boston (right behind Teado), so take advantage of good bubble tea!

I’m so jealous there isn’t a Kung Fu Tea closer to me in DC! My friends and I came here three times in the four days we were here. (I’m seriously deprived of good milk tea in the metro-​able regions.) I got the KF Milk Green (Jasmine) Tea with boba, and 75% sugar is the perfect sweetness cause adding boba makes the drink sweeter as well.
I got to try my friend’s Earl Grey Milk Tea and it’s delicious! Wish I had one more day in Boston to get that on my fourth visit to KF.
Pretty awesome that they have their own shaker!
(Also: minimum credit card amount is $ 5)

I love how this place has plenty of tables — not many boba places have that. It’s great on a cold day, it’s nice to have tea there and chat with a friend. I love how you can customize your tea — from sugar level to the amount of ice. I’ve only been here once so I’ve only tasted an Iced Milk Green Tea but it was delicious. It was super busy and we had to wait a bit to get our drinks. There’s mostly street parking but it’s understandable for that part of Allston.

Pretty typical bubble tea place. It is actually kept very clean. There’s usually a long line in the summer, so now there’s not a long line. The boba here is very good, its not too chewy and there isn’t a solid center in some places.
This is one of the places that there is the option of getting the sweetness of drinks. My usual is the bubble milk tea with lychee jelly and boba.
Definately a good place to try.

WORST PLACE EVER! DO NOT go here!
The employees here are so incompetent. I ordered Honey Green Tea, but I received some drink with milk… are you serious? MY GIRLFRIEND COULDN’T EVEN DRINK IT BECAUSE SHE’S LACTOSE INTOLERANT! The owners need to hire people who actually speak English because this is the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!! I really don’t care if this area is mostly dominated by Koreans, that’s no freakin’ excuse.
Employees here don’t know anything except taking money from customers. I asked them what the difference between the KF Honey Tea and the other Honey teas, and they just looked at me confused like ‘what the hell are you talking about?’ and then they looked at the menu for forever and a day like they were dumb and still didn’t know how to answer me. Yes, multiple workers did not know how to answer this, not just one. One of them barely spoke any English because she did not understand my question and I had to repeat my question 3 times…
This place is a rip off. The menu says one price and they charge you another price. I found out that I was charged more than the menu price and brought it up to the cashier. He just said sorry and that he’d tell the manager. That’s it. I asked if it was too late to get my change back (because I was overcharged $ 0.75 plus tax). He told me he doesn’t control the prices and wouldn’t give me a refund. What a joke. Imagine how many people have been cheated and how much money this place has cheated people out of. Maybe that’s why they make so much money. PEOPLE, LOOK AT YOUR RECEIPTS and DOUBLE CHECK THE PRICES!!!
When my drinks were finished, the person who put it on the counter did not even call out my number/​order. I was the only customer waiting and looked her right in the eyes, too.
The floor of the store was pretty much flooded. I don’t care if there’s 6+ feet of snow outside, the floor inside should not be ALL WET! There was a big puddle by the register. This is a hazard to customers AND employees. It wasn’t even busy, and there was no one mopping and trying to dry the floor. If there was a hurricane or tsunami outside and the store flooded, then that’s a different story.
It’s best to avoid this place. I know I won’t be returning here.

Kung Fu Tea is my favorite boba in town! I usually visit the store in Chinatown, so when I was in Allston I had to try this location.
When I walked in, I immediately noticed the size of the store. It’s 2 – 3 times larger than the Chinatown one. There are several tables to sit and enjoy your boba. I really appreciated this as it was a freezing day and it was nice to have a place to chill and catch up with my friend.
Like all other KFTs, you can customize your drink with amount of sugar and ice and kinds of boba of your liking. I got the oolong milk tea with half sugar. I could taste the flavor of the tea as well as the milk. I don’t recall seeing oolong at any other bubble tea chains, so this is one of the special drinks that is unique to KFT. The boba are infused with honey. They have the perfect amount of chewiness and sweetness, sooooo delicious I could just eat them by themselves.
Once again KFT didn’t disappoint! They make the perfect dessert drinks after a hearty meal of Korean food in Allston. Yup, my belly is happy.

When Kung Fu Tea first invaded Allston, I was extremely angry. I just couldn’t understand why people would wait in line (often the line would go out the door) to order a bubble tea. For many months, I refused to come to this place out of pride. I really thought this place was just a hype and that it would die off soon. Many months have passed and I still couldn’t believe my eyes. There are ALWAYS CUSTOMERS IN THIS STORE.
One day I couldn’t take it anymore. So I decided to swallow my own pride and give it a try. I ordered the regular medium milk tea with tapioca balls…
First sip of this drink made me fall to my knees and repent of my sins. I repented of my pride and asked for Kung Fu Tea’s forgiveness. It was a surreal experience. I don’t know what they use to make this drink but its definitely not of this world. Its either out of space or from some other parallel universe. I have never tasted anything like this before. Oh don’t even get me started on those tapioca balls… they are covered in sweet honey and they are so chewy yet gentle at the same time. I love these balls in my mouth. omg so good.
My other favorite go to drink is coffee slush with bubbles. I was extremely sad to find out that they took this off of their menu recently. I can only hope and pray that they will bring this back because this drink is definitely second to none out of all the drinks that they offer.
In any case, Kung Fu Tea is for real and I am a living testimony to this truth. If you are like me and you are avoiding KFT out of your prideful heart, I can only pray that the spirit of Kung Fu Tea will soften your heart and allow you the gift of regeneration to see the beauty and majesty of KFT.
Oh bring cash because there is $ 10 credit card limit.